SACRAMENTO – Most uninsured Californians say that they’re aware of the state’s health care exchange and that they will comply with the new requirement to purchase insurance, according to a poll released Wednesday.

Sixty-eight percent of adults surveyed by the Public Policy Institute of California correctly said there is a health care marketplace available in California, and six in every 10 uninsured respondents said they are aware of the state insurance exchange.

Asked if they will obtain health insurance or pay the fine, 66 percent of those uninsured said they will purchase coverage, 24 percent said they will remain uninsured, and 11 percent were not sure.

While Californians are familiar with the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, pollsters found they remain divided in how they view the federal health care law.

After news reports about technical difficulties hampering efforts to purchase insurance through the federally run website and millions unexpectedly losing their current policies due to the new law, 44 percent of Californians have a favorable opinion of the law and the same percentage have an unfavorable view.

“Californians are evenly split and deeply divided along party lines on federal health care reform,” said Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of the policy group.

The new survey also showed sinking numbers for President Barack Obama. His job approval rating among Californians is 51 percent, a decrease of 10 percentage points since July, matching his record low in the state. Among Orange and San Diego county residents, his approval was 44 percent, one of his lowest regional ratings.

Congress also has a record-low approval rating among Californians, at 18 percent. That rating, recorded after the federal government shutdown, is down 12 percentage points since July.

Gov. Jerry Brown, expected to seek re-election next year, drew an approval rating of 47 percent. While his overall favorability rating was 46 percent, 48 percent of likely voters in Orange and San Diego counties said they have an unfavorable view of the Democrat.

Asked whom they would vote for if the June primary was held now, Brown drew support from 46 percent of likely voters. Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R-Twin Peaks, received 16 percent in a hypothetical primary contest, while former Lt. Gov. Abel Maldonado, a Republican, was at 7 percent. Twenty-nine percent of likely voters said they were unsure.